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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Family of four here:

We spend about $100 a week. I typically go to aldi once a week and an Asian market once a week. We eat a lot of fresh fruit (non organic) which is why I go to the Asian market as well. Last week (Sunday) at the Asian market, they had blueberries for .99. pineapples are now on sale at aldi ($1.19) so we will have that. Point is: we generally eat the fresh fruit on sale. We eat meat but almost always on sale or discounted bc it expires soon. It is pretty rare for me to go to the store and buy meat off the shelf unless it is on sale. Example:  on the day after tgiving and the day after Xmas, fresh turkeys were really cheap. We got one each day as I saw them in the store (didn’t know beforehand). This happened to be at Harris teeter. The Xmas one was good til 1/1. I made it 12/31. It cost $4.13 and was 11 lbs. we then had soup and sandwiches for days. [/quote]

In addition to Aldi and Asian market, do you have to go elsewhere for other stuff? I thought those stores didn’t carry everything. [/quote]

Rarely and it would be because I was close to one (or kids are in sport So and I’m near a Harris teeter).  I make it work predominantly with those two stores, however.  I got a $2 whole chicken at aldi two days ago. We had roasted chicken, potatoes, carrots, celery and onion. Then we had chicken sandwiches with the reminder for two days and I made chicken soup with the remainder.  I try to use as much up in new ways. That leftover cheap chicken could have been thrown in with beans and tomato sauce for chili, or seasoned and added to tortillas for burritos. I can’t say I never waste stuff but it’s rare. [/quote]

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